We have just improved the Boiler section within the BHL website. With thousands of products the boiler is now the most comprehensive boiler site on the net. Featuring every type of boiler imaginable, including all the latest boiler models from the leading manufacturers such as Worcester Boilers, Vaillant Boilers, Baxi Boilers and Glow-worm Boilers. and, BHL.co.uk is the source for everything Boilers.

New categories include Gas Saver, Boiler Accessories, Solar Boilers, Biomass Boilers and Commercial Boilers, including a comprehensive Boiler Controls and Boiler Flues section.

About Boilers

The capacity (heat output) of the Boiler needed to satisfy your requirements can be calculated by adding up the manufacturers specified heat output of all the radiators, plus a 3kW allowance for a hot water cylinder. Ten per cent is added to allow for exceptionally cold weather. The overall calculation is affected by the heat lost through the walls and ceiling, and also by the number of air changes caused by ventilation.

Central Heating Boilers provide warmth and comfort to any home. There are many different types of boiler on the market by lots of different boiler manufacturers. Boilers can be Gas Boilers, Oil Boilers, Solid Fuel Boilers or Electric Boilers. Nowadays, most boilers are high efficiency Condensing Boilers. Condensing boilers extract more heat from the fuel than other types of boiler. Condensing boilers achieve this by passing water through a highly efficient heat exchanger, or a second heat exchanger that uses heat from the flue to preheat cool water returning to the radiators. There are various types of boiler available.

Combination boilers or Combi Boilers provide both hot water to a sealed system and a seperate supply of instant hot water directly to taps and showers. Advantages of combi boilers are ease of installation, space-saving and economy. A heating only boiler is in most instances the most likely boiler to buy if you are replacing an older model of boiler. The chances are that you will have a regular (conventional) boiler. A typical conventional system includes a boiler and extended controls, a feed and expansion cistern, and a hot water cylinder, generally located in an airing cupboard. This will be fed by a cold water storage cistern located in the loft.

A system boiler unlike a combi boiler, work on the principle of stored hot water. However a system boiler differs from a regular boiler in some important respects. Firstly, many of the major individual components of the heating and hot water system are built in, which means that installation is quicker, neater, easier and more efficient. Secondly, the hot water is pumped from the boiler through the system to the radiators and hot water cylinder, resulting in a fast response and more economical running costs. The system boiler removes the need for a feed and expansion cistern.

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Worcester-Bosch are the UK’s leading manufacturer of central heating boilers and renewable energy products. To emphasise their position in the marketplace, Worcester have just embarked on their new winter TV campaign.

Worcester’s new advertising campaign for winter 2010 highlights how much reliance is put on our heating and hot water systems, and why we should be looking after it. Worcester have relayed their brand’s reputation for quality and reliability, the ‘Thank Worcester for That’ campaign will appear on our screens, over the airwaves and in national press right through the winter, ending in December 2010.

Each part of the campaign shows a range of people in everyday situations enjoying a feeling of warmth and comfort – all with the peace of mind that they have Worcester products, such as the high-efficiency Worcester Greenstar condensing boilers, installed in their home providing all of the hot water and heating they need, when they need it.

Worcester Bosch have also begun sponsoring Ray Mear’s latest show, Ray Mear’s Wild Britain which aired in October on ITV1.

See Worcester’s Winter TV Campaign advert below.

Click here to see the full range of Worcester Boilers available to buy online at BHL

Manufacturers of plumbing and heating products are not traditionally known for promoting their wares via mass media. In fact central heating has always been the poor relation when it comes to home improvement promotion.

We have all seen the TV adverts for double glazing, flooring and kitchens. But, with a few exceptions you would have been hard pressed to find advertisements extolling the virtues of plumbing and heating products outside the confines of the plumbers trade press.

The reason for this historic lack of hype is probably because plumbing and heating products were marketed exclusively to the installer rather than the end user. Mass marketing was not required because the manufacturer influenced the plumber who in turn specified the products for the consumer.

Nowadays, thanks mainly to the advent of the internet, the route to market of plumbing and heating products is changing. The end user can now research (and buy) central heating systems and products online, independent of the (biased) opinion of the plumber. Magazines such as Which?, manufacturers own websites and blogs (such as Glow-worms great Blog), plumbing forums and DIY sites help the decision making process.

This new found end user power has encouraged manufacturers to rethink their marketing strategy. Some forward thinking brands are now talking directly to the end user using a whole arsenal of methods from improved websites, social media, press advertising and even television adverts.

Worcester Bosch Group sponsor Channel 4′s weather. Saniflo and their TV adverts. I even spotted the Worcester Bosch logo being paraded during the recent Tottenham Hotspur Vs Leeds FA Cup game at White Hart Lane.

Why Vaillant? TV Commercial

The most high profile advert was Vaillant’s recent ‘Why Vaillant’ TV commercial. Vaillant are leading manufacturers of home heating products including Gas Boilers, Solar domestic hot water systems, ground source heat pumps and solar cylinders.

With Vaillant’s high profile advert designed to target the homeowner, the end user is at last beginning to influence which plumbing and heating products are installed within their home.